The Science Behind Procrastination with Tim Urban
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode we have Tim Urban. He is one of the most popular bloggers in the US. He's got a TED talk about procrastination and is here today to clear up why human beings procrastinate, why we don't feel motivated, and why we don't get things done. He's also going to explain the evolutionary science behind procrastination, how to cultivate a sense of urgency, and how we can override our own voice of procrastination.
Even Elon Musk follows Tim's blog, so learn how to get out of your own way, outsmart yourself, and just take action!
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| 0:00.0 | We are men, we are warriors, we are dads, dads with a purpose, dads with an edge. |
| 0:10.6 | We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.8 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.5 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:28.0 | Gentlemen, what's going on? Welcome to the dad edge podcast. |
| 0:30.5 | I'm Larry Hagner, your host and founder of this show. |
| 0:35.2 | Welcome to Thursday, throw it down. |
| 0:36.8 | I'm really excited to bring today's topic to you guys today because it is a common |
| 0:41.4 | cross that we as men bear, me included, you included, everyone. |
| 0:46.4 | And that is we are talking about the cross that we bear of procrastination, any human being |
| 0:54.2 | that we know. |
| 0:55.8 | And most likely the person that stares at us in the mirror every single day procrastinates |
| 1:01.2 | on something. |
| 1:03.0 | It could be our health goals. |
| 1:04.6 | It could be our financial goals. |
| 1:06.3 | It could be that thing that we want to do, that we want to create. |
| 1:10.3 | Maybe it's the business we want to start anything and everything, but we procrastinate |
| 1:15.0 | for several different reasons. |
| 1:16.4 | And sometimes when we ask ourselves or when other people ask us, why are you waiting? |
| 1:22.2 | Sometimes we don't even know the answer to that. |
| 1:24.1 | We just know it's like a part of our intuition. |
| 1:26.4 | It's almost like it's a part of our DNA to procrastinate. |
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